The Uzumaki Familia!
Painful Loss!
(Naruto age five)
Naruto Uzumaki sobbed quietly as he sat inside the small prison-carriage used to transport him. He silently wondered what he had done wrong to deserve this fate. He was currently five years old and one of the many homeless children living in Konoha-gakures slums. His family was a sore spot to him, his mother was in a coma since an attack during his birth that left her in that state. His father had blamed him for his mothers condition and threw him out after his fourth birthday. His twin-sister Naruko had protested but Minato had ignored her and since then Naruto lived on the streets.
At first it had been alright somewhat. He had started searching the garbage for useful things to sell the resident Mafia-familia. The Hit-man of the family a man called Reborn had taught him some self-defense to protect himself. His life had gone forward from then until yesterday when several man with blank masks had surrounded him, beat him down and then threw him into this carriage which left Konoha.
Naruto flinched as the carriage suddenly stopped and suddenly the door was thrown open. A man was standing in the open door looking at the shivering form of Naruto.
„Hmm. So you are the Uzumaki-brat, you will be very valuable for the WeaponX project. I´m Orochimaru your new master, Kukuku."
With those words Naruto was grabbed by two of the masked man standing beside Orochimaru and a time of pain began for him.
(Naruto age ten)
„Back into your cell brat, you have another experiment tomorrow."
„Fuck you Braig. I will seriously kill you someday, you and all those bastards of scientists."
„As If. The only way you will come out of here alive will be as a obedient weapon so shut your mouth brat."
With those words the guard Braig slammed the cell-door shut and left. Naruto growled at the man for a bit before going back to his place. He was sharing his cell with five other prisoners all of them being children.
„Are you alright Onii-chan?"
Narutos wild and angry eyes softened a bit as they fell on the little girl speaking to him.
„I´m alright Kusano. Don´t worry there is not much they can do to me."
Kusano smiled happily at her Onii-chan as he sat down beside her. Naruto smiled softly before stroking his hand through her blond hair. Of all of them Kusano was the youngest and most innocent and he loved her as if she were his own sister. Though he viewed all his fellow prisoners like that. Looking around he saw Baby 5 talking a bit to Eve, they were both subjects of weapon-enhancement projects. Stabbing moodily his food was the only other boy Yuuto Kiba and finally still knocked out from her last experiment was Ahsoka Tano. The poor girl had so many skin and body modifications done on her that she didn´t even look human anymore.
They were not the only ones in the hideout. There were many others also, first they arrived and were brutally brought to peak fitness. Then they would be subjected to whatever experiments the scientists did at the time. Depending on how good they responded they either died or were put through more training until the next experiment came. With time the succesful experiments were then distributed among the various groups involved in the WeaponX Project and the failed or useless experiments were either disposed or used as training-dummies for the others.
Naruto had seen more then twenty children enter his cell during his time here and as far as he knew only four had survived. Though even then he had no idea what happened to them. Naruto himself had been through four different experiments. The first was to forcefully expand mental-abilities to give a person Kage-level Chakra-control. Then they had put him in a procedure which allowed him to create and control strings with chakra which he could use to control or cut people. Then they operated on his brain which allowed him to get slight Precognitive abilities which allowed him to read peoples minds to an extent they called it Mantora. The latest experiment had given him the ability to teleport though it left the smell of brimstone. The next experiment though would most likely be the last given that the chance of him dying would be eighty-five percent. They would craft a metal called Adamantium to his skeleton.
„Damn them. Damn them to hell!"
Naruto seethed at the suffering he and the others were put through. He had over time questioned his fellow prisoners and the guards, sometimes even a scientist would answer some questions.
What he found out absolutely disgusted him. The WeaponX project was a shared project between the ninja-villages, several criminal groups and some Daimyos. It was funded by the Daimyos while the Shinobi and criminals supplied the Orphans or kidnapped children used in the experiments. It was the only Organisation who the Kage worked actively together. Of course sometimes a Kage refused to work with the group like the Sandaime Kazekage did apparently so they sent an agent to dispose of him which also gave the Kages a new reason for warring with each other.
Over time Naruto had found out the names of the thirteen head-scientists connected to the various bases around the continent.
The names were: Orochimaru, Hiruko, Hojo, Even, Xehanort, Dr. Stylish, Medusa, Kanzaki, Dr. Gero, Caesar Crown, Brain, Nathaniel Essex and Dr. White. Naruto swore on his blood that he would find and kill each and every one of them.
Aside from them there were also several lesser scientists working for the project along with countless guards. Not to mention the backers of the project which he also needed to dispose of so that the project would be permamently scrapped and forgotten.
Softly stroking through Kusanos hair he was left to stew in his own dark thoughts.
(Naruto age 12)
„It will probably the most painful experience in your very short life you little brat. I will be happy to see your end finally."
Naruto sneered at Braigs smug grin. The black-haired man merely smirked at him as he watched Naruto get strapped down on the operation table over a tank of water. Naruto watched as the scientists slowly stepped away and he was submerged ino the water. He watched as the drills approached his skin and trashed a bit as they slowly drilled into his flesh. The moment they reached his bones they stopped. Instead he now felt hot molten Metal floating through the hollow drills into his body. He howled and trashed around, the pain was unbearable. Finally the pain stopped as everything went black.
Danzou Shimura watched with interest as the Uzumaki-boy was strapped down. The current Head-scientist of this branch Even smirked before giving the signal to start the experiment.
„How great are his chances for survival?"
Even turned around and stroked through his blond hair in a nervous manner.
„Unfortunately the chances of his death are seventy percent. Far more than I would like with such a rare ressource. Still we hope his heritage as Uzumaki combined with the Kyubis power will keep him alive."
Danzou snorted a bit. Behind him his three bodyguards Tera, Dajimu and the aged Tatsuma Aburame straightened a bit.
„Very well, but I hope you have prepared our reparations in case something goes wrong. Konoha will need several of your succesful experiments to replace the loss of a Jinchuriki. Also, what is the status of the testsubject created from Tsunades harvested eggs, Kusano is its name I believe."
Even frowned a bit. He certainly didn´t want the Warhawk get more than the usual share of successes. The last time he had grabbed that boy with the interesting Ink-style they created. It absolutely angered him needing to share his genius with others. Still if Xehanorts newest experiment would go right he no longer would need to work for the project.
„Experiment 108 is going along quite well. The DNA harvested from Hashiramas corpse was succesfully integrated and she has shown signs of having Mokuton. She also seems to have been adopted by the Jinchuriki which makes me wonder if he can feel his blood-relation to her."
Danzou smirked at this. So the Jinchuriki came with a Mokuton-user to control him together perhaps with this he would be able to remove that fool Minato and become Hokage. He suddenly frowned though as he saw the life-signs on the monitor-screen disappear. Even let out a heavy sigh at this.
„It seems he didn´t survive. Well I suppose we should star harvesting the organs and blood. He bones will be ruined with the metal around it..."
Even suddenly became quiet as he heard a small beep-sound. His head snapped around and he looked on the screen. There, a small heartbeat! Even and Danzou watched with fascination as the heartbeat steadily became stronger. Danzou got a satisified smirk on his face.
„Remove his memory now while he is knocked out. He will be more useful without his memory."
The guard Braig had a smug smile on his face as he approached Narutos body. Even though had not stopped watching the screen and had therefore noticed the jump of the heartbeat when Danzou suggested the removal of his memories. His eyes widened in panic as he understood what that meant.
„Braig run! He is already awake and he heard Danzous suggestion."
Braig looked confused for a moment before his eyes fell on the crimson eye of Naruto which was wide open looking at him. For a moment he was frozen in terror while feeling like an insect in front of a monster. He just managed to jump backwards as the glass-tank exploded riddling the less fortunate guards with glass-shards. Letting out a curse Braig grabbed his two crossbows and fired several arrows at Naruto. The Arrows hit but failed to penetrate the Adamantium-skeleton under his skin.
Naruto let out a loud howl as he shot a ball of dark energy at Braig which hit the man directly in the face and caused him to fly backwards and hit the wall. Danzou on the hand merely gave a signal and the three Root-members jumped down into the Laboratory to kill Naruto. He then quickly turned around and left with Even following him a look of panic on his face.
Down in the Laboratory Naruto growled as his shock-collar poured more and more power into keeping him down. Finally he had enough and ripped it off. This activated the hidden explosive which exploded. Tatsuma Aburame watched warily as the smoke-cloud slowly disipated. Both Tera and Dajimu gripped their Tantos tightly. But they still were caught unaware as suddenly Dajimu was literally split in half. Tatsuma immediatly sent his colony into the cloud to attack Naruto but a large flash of crimson energy appeared and he cursed as he felt most of his colony wiped out.
Suddenly Naruto came shot from the cloud quickly approaching Tera who slashed with his Tanto. The Tanto hit Naruto into his ribs but was stopped there. Narutos hand quickly shot up and grabbed Tera around his throat. The Jinchuriki merely looked the man into the eyes behind the mask before snapping Teras neck. He let the mans body fall to the ground and then turned to Tatsuma.
The Aburame merely turned stoic. He knew that he wouldn´t survive this day but he still needed to buy time for Danzou-sama to escape. With a thought he sent the few remaining Kikaichu to attack Naruto. The insects flew to him and began to suck out his chakra but it was barely noteworthy. Narutos hand flew up and he moved his fingers the similiar to the puppeteers of Suna which Tatsuma had fought against. His stoic expression turned into panic though as his body suddenly moved on its own. His hand was going to his back and drew his Tanto. Tatsuma watched as his hands pointed the Tanto against his gut making him think of the Harakiri of the Samurai. He gave one last look into Narutos eyes and in one last moment he saw his greatest nightmares. Danzou-sama ripped apart by this monster and Konoha-gakure going up in flames with the Hokage-faces crumbling all the while a mocking laughter sounded in the background. That was the last Tatsuma saw because the next moment the Tanto was impaled through his body and he slumped down.
Naruto looked dispassionately at his opponents corpse. His eyes turned blue again and he looked around. The Laboratory was trashed. Dead guards and ninja were scattered over the ground. He let out a growl as he noticed that Braigs body was not among them.
„The Bastard probably escaped while I was busy with those Ninja. No matter I will get him in the future. For now I need to free my siblings, to long we have suffered at the hands of others."
With those words Naruto turned around and left the room.
„Aaargh!"
Naruto watched with a smile on his face as another guard was cut into pieces by his chakra-strings. Behind him were several other guards and scientists which he had already killed. Stepping before his cell the five children inside looked at him with astonishment. Naruto merely smirked before twitching his fingers causing the cell to be cut apart. Naruto had a sinister smirk on his face.
„Come on my friends we still have to free our other siblings and escape this hell."
Yuuto nodded and concentrated a bit. Using his Yin-Yang-release he created two Katana one of which he gave Ahsoka. Baby 5 and Eve transformed their arms into blades. Naruto smirked before picking up Kusano and placing her on his shoulder. He used some strings to keep her secure before turning to the others.
„Let´s go."
The six escapees quickly moved through the base killing every scientist and guard in their way. Finally they arrived at five doors which Naruto stopped at. He frowned when he saw the locks at the doors but simply used his strings to cut the walls and doors apart. Inside the four rooms were the recent successful experiments. Naruto stepped forward a smirk on his face.
„Welcome to your freedom my siblings. I must ask though will you decide to escape only o be hunted down by the Scientists one after another or will you join me and my friends?"
The four Experiments stepped out of the shadow of the rooms.
The first was a brown-haired woman with a huge bust. She was currently the dirty rags the prisoners were given which barely covered her body. On her forehead was a red tattoo of a bird. This was Akitsu.
The second was a green haired teenage girl with bird wings and talons instead of feet. This was Monet.
The third was a very small and young looking girl also with green hair. Over her left eye was a clear eye-patch. This was Sugar, Monets sister.
The fourth person was a black-haired boy with dog ears. He was quite young, being only ten currently. His name was Kotaro Inugami.
The four prisoners all looked a bit unsure but after a moment Akitsu stepped forward and walked to Narutos side. The other three quickly followed causing Naruto to smile. The group slowly walked through the base, by now most scientists and guards were either dead or had fleed. Eventually though they heard the sound of a battle going on. Naruto and his group quickly stormed forward and found the cells with the new prisoners. Standing in front of a few children was a very old man who had several heavy wounds. Attacking the group were six guards all holding spears in their hands.
Naruto let out a growl and sent out some chakra-strings which cut two of the guards apart. His fellow prisoners stormed forward and attacked the remaining four guards with hatred in their eyes. Ahsoka and Yuuto quickly cut the guards up with their swords while Baby 5 shot a bullet in the head of another guard. The last man tried to run away but was impaled by an Ice-shard shot by Akitsu.
The old man looked at the group with relief. He was barely alive anymore and only the thought of protecting the children still kept him alive.
„Who are you people?"
Naruto stepped forward to the old man with a soft smile. He threw a glance at the children behind him and the most notable was a redhaired girl and a blue haired boy which had so much chakra that he could easily feel it.
„My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I and my group are all escaped expreiments of this facility, if you want you can accompany us. You will be welcome among our group and I will take care of you if you join my family."
The children looked reliefed a bit but the old man looked more wary. He looked deep into Narutos eyes for a moment but then he smiled.
„I can see that despite the darkness in your heart you are still good at your core. I know that you will protect them with your life."
The old man suddenly hunched over and coughed up some blood. He slowly fell to the ground as the children and Naruto run toward him. Looking the mans wounds over Naruto frowned before closing his eyes for a moment. The old man looked at the children with a small smile before turning to Naruto.
„I know that my life will end now. Please take care of the kids and make sure they get good lifes."
The redhaired girl burst into tears while looking at her grandfather figure who slowly died before her eyes.
„Noo! You can´t die Rob-jiji. You still need to watch how I become a Knight. Please don´t leave us!"
Rob smiled softly while looking at the girl.
„I´m sorry that I need to leave you so soon but I will watch you from the afterlife so you need to keep your dream okay Erza?"
Erza nodded while shedding tears. Naruto and his group watched as Robs life ended and his breath stopped. They spent a moment with the old man before Naruto stood up again.
„Come, our freedom awaits us. Oh before I forget it. From now on I will take up a new name!"
Yuuto looked at Naruto with curiosity.
„A new name? What do you want us to call you?"
Naruto got a dark smirk on his face.
„Call me Joker!"